In Photos: What Was Life Really Like In The U.S.S.R.?

Valeriy Reshetnyak led a double life during the Soviet era. Officially, he was an engineer...

A Display of Informal Architecture: New Documentary on the Ukrainian Makeshift Balconies Phenomenon

Taking advantage of a lack of governmental regulations, many Ukrainians turn to their balconies to...

LISTEN : Arkan 2.0, the Ukrainian popular folk dance, by B&B Project

This is more than an original dance, this is a magical act that has survived...

Ukraine’s Mriya giant brings medical cargo to Canada to fight COVID-19 (Photo, video)

World’s largest and most powerful cargo plane An-225 Mriya, made and operated by Ukraine’s Antonov,...

Google Doodle celebrates International Vyshyvanka Day for embroided shirts

TODAY’S Google Doodle celebrates the International Vyshyvanka Day. This is held on the third Thursday...

How the Soviet Regime Oppressed the Ukrainian Language

In Soviet times, meeting a hail of bullets for defending the Ukrainian language was the...

WATCH: Short film “Порядна львівська пані / A Decent Lady from Lviv” (w/ subtitles)

“A Decent Lady from Lviv” is an erotic comedy based on the book of the...

The Underrated Pleasures of Eastern European Dumplings

For a long time, when I would talk to people about Ukrainian cuisine, I would...

Kyiv artists, musicians get creative during coronavirus quarantine

On a warm day in March, Kyiv photographer Kate Kondratieva was looking through pictures on...

Orthodox Christians Mark Easter Holiday Amid Coronavirus Restrictions

Orthodox Christians observed the Easter holiday amid extraordinary coronavirus-related restrictions that forced many parishioners to...

Icon Painting School “Radruzh” of the Ukrainian Catholic University offers a unique online studying program

In this time of quarantine and world-wide struggle with the coronavirus, we can easily become...

Pandemic pysanky: How Ukrainian Easter eggs offer beauty and continuity in troubled times

In Ukrainian tradition, dyed and decorated eggs are symbols of life’s triumph over death, good...

Poems inspired by Ukrainian women win Kobzar Book Award – 2020

The Shevchenko Foundation has been dedicated to the promotion and development of Ukrainian Canadian culture...

Noughty Boys: Andriy Shevchenko, an elite striker whose powers slipped away in a single moment

The Ukrainian treated top-tier European football like a TV talent show The tourist-trap street market...

Trailer for Ukrainian film ТОЛОКА

The creators of the Ukrainian film ‘Toloka’ present the second trailer of the movie as...

Despacito (Ukrainian folk version)

This may just be the best version yet! A great Ukrainian folk song version which...

Ukraine’s ‘railroad ladies’ – in pictures

In Ukraine, the railroad traffic controller profession still exists – and about 80% of workers...

Coldplay’s new video shot entirely in Kyiv, Ukraine

Coldplay’s new music video for Trouble in Town was shot entirely in Kyiv. Although this...

Here Are Only Some Of The Good Cars We Saw In Ukraine

Late last July we packed our bags into a small Fiat and headed for a...

At the Front Line: contemporary Ukrainian art in Canada

“At the Front Line. Ukrainian Art, 2013–2019” explores how visual artists interpret and conceptualize the...

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